Public utilities—repair, maintenance or service proving
21 Public utilities—repair, maintenance or service proving
A person specified in subregulation (2) has a prescribed consent to repair, maintain or service prove a public utility on marine and coastal Crown land if the repair, maintenance or service proving—
does not remove or damage native vegetation; and
does not harm an Aboriginal place or an Aboriginal object; and
does not involve the excavation of any land or seabed that is not associated with the repair, maintenance or service proving; and
minimises any damage to the marine and coastal environment; and
does not unreasonably block a pathway or road.
The following persons are specified—
a Crown land manager responsible for the marine and coastal Crown land on which the public utility is situated;
a public utility provider responsible for the public utility;
a port manager responsible for the marine and coastal Crown land on which the public utility is situated.
A consent referred to in subregulation (1) is subject to the following prescribed conditions—
the person who has a prescribed consent under subregulation (1) must ensure that the work area is left in a clean and tidy condition after the repair, maintenance or service proving of the public utility is completed;
if the repair, maintenance or service proving of the public utility requires the work area to be closed to the public, the person who has a prescribed consent under subregulation (1) must give written notice to the Department of the proposed repair, maintenance or service proving at least 5 business days before the works commence.
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